2 Chronicles 24:8

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(8) And at the king’s commandment they made.—Literally, And the king said (commanded), and they made. (Comp. 2Kings 12:9 : “And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid;” details characteristic of a more original account.)

And set it without—i.e., outside of the Temple proper. The chest stood in the court, just inside the gate.

Benson Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:8-9. And set it at the gate of the house, &c. — That is, of the court of the people, whither all manner of persons might come to offer. To bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses laid upon Israel — That is, a collection answerable to it.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:1-14 Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repairing of places for public worship is a good work, which all should promote. And many a good work would be done that now lies undone, if active men would put it forward.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It appears from 2 Kings 12:4 that Joash had assigned to the restoration-fund two other payments also.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4-14. Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord—(See on [451]2Ki 12:4-16).

Matthew Poole's Commentary

i.e. Of the court of the people, whither all manner of persons might come to offer.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And at the king's commandment they made a chest,.... See Gill on 2 Kings 12:9.

Geneva Study Bible

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

8. And at the king’s commandment] R.V. So the king commanded, and.…

a chest] Heb. a single chest (to receive all contributions).

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - A chest; Hebrew, אֲרון אֶחָד, "one chest." This is more accurately described in ver. 9 of the parallel. Without at the gate of the house of the Lord; i.e. in the court opposite the porch, and, as we learn from the parallel, by the side of the altar of burnt offering. Now, not the priests generally, but simply those who kept the door (probably the north door, Ezekiel 11:35), receiving the contributions of the people at their hands, into their own hands deposited them in the one chest. 2 Chronicles 24:8

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

As to the repair of the temple, see the commentary on 2 Kings 12:5-17, where both the formal divergences and the essential agreement of the two narratives are pointed out.